USA

Basketball
Industry Moves

Danny Ainge, the veteran National Basketball Association executive, has been appointed the Utah Jazz chief executive
American Football
Media

NBC Sports will join Fox Sports as a domestic broadcast partner of the revived United States Football League, with NBC carrying 21 games and Fox airing 22 of the 43 total games in the league's debut season
Football
Stadia

National Women's Soccer League team OL Reign will play home games from next year at Lumen Field, the home venue of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks and Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders
Motorsport
Media

The rising popularity of Formula 1 in the United States has been further shown by ESPN networks averaging 934,000 viewers per race in 2021, shattering the previous domestic broadcast record of 748,000…
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Blockchain provider Socios.com has significantly expanded its National Hockey League presence by striking deals with 12 teams
Multiple Sports
Governance

North American pro leagues see some of the worst outbreaks among their teams since pandemic began
Triathlon
Events

The Professional Triathletes Organisation is to launch its PTO Tour next year with events in Canada and the US added to the existing Collins Cup teams competition to create an overall prize fund of $5
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

New York-based ticketing company nears planned closing of SPAC merger
Football
Finance & Law

Billionaire businessman Todd Boehly and retail executive Jennifer Tepper Mackesy are heading an investment group that has entered into exclusive negotiations to secure a controlling interest in the National …
Esports
Events

Major League Soccer's esports property eMLS is planning to resume in-person competition for the first time since February 2020, with live events planned for next year in Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois;…
Winter Sports
Events

The bid committee for a future Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City has projected that hosting the event would require a budget of up to $2.2bn (€1.9bn).
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX has significantly expanded its sports industry presence with by securing an international rights deal with the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

The National Hockey League has unveiled its sponsorship activations for the 2022 Discover NHL Winter Classic Fan Fest, which is accompanying the outdoor tentpole event between the Minnesota Wild and St
Baseball
Finance & Law

Diamond Baseball Holdings adds Los Angeles Dodgers' top MiLB affiliate
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The National Women's Soccer League has become the latest sports organization to enter the cryptocurrency landscape by naming Voyager Digital as its inaugural cryptocurrency brokerage partner.
NFL
Events

Event to further Nevada locale's ascendency into a major sports industry destination
Football
Finance & Law

The United States Soccer Federation and the US women's national team have agreed to extend their current collective bargaining agreement through at least March 31, 2022, a move which extends no-strike …
Gymnastics
Finance & Law

Survivors of disgraced former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380m (€336m) settlement with USA Gymnastics, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, and their insurers following a…